Course News For Week 16

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Final Exam Major Themes

As I did for the midterm, here is a list of major themes from the second half of the course to guide your preparation for the final exam. And, just like the midterm major themes, these themes are not a comprehensive list of required materials but a general identification of key ideas -- each of which also encompasses a fair amount of details and specifics that you should be able to explain.

In your preparation, start with your lecture notes first, then review text especially for parts that overlap and reinforce lecture. Don't forget assignments!

Also, don't forget to review the Keys To Success on Exam Preparation as well as Open-Ended Exams. Get together with classmates to compare notes, practice your knowledge and hone your responses!

Final Exam Themes - Personal broadcasting - Online communities: types, structures - Uses and misuses of internet (flaming, spamming, gender bending, hacking, hate speech, pornography, viruses) - Types and uses for websites, evaluating websites - Impression management and managing relationship dialectics using strategic channel selection - Digital literacy (rationale, definition, key skills) - Technological and social determinism along with utopian and dystopian views - Integrated determinism model and strategic channel use - Copyright basics (rationale, what it does and does not protect, exceptions, intellectual property issues in digital age) - "Mastering" your technological domain - what knowledge is needed? What are the six steps that help you move toward mastery?